It doesn't sound like a Mercedes," opined my passenger. She had a point. The supercharged, sixteen-valve, 1.8-liter DOHC in-line four in the C230 Kompressor has the aural quality of a vacuum cleaner.
Its 2.3L/190-hp 200 lb-ft supercharged I-4 provides sprightly performance-Mercedes conserv- atively estimates 0-60 mph in 7.5 sec. The four works best with the six-speed manual gearbox, because the ...
Not long after the 20th century transitioned into the 21st century, Mercedes Benz introduced to the world the C230 Kompressor sport coupe — a svelte, sexy automobile that one reviewer called “the ...